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Imagine members of the MADC or Masquerade Theatre writhing around on stage, screaming in agony.
Imagine afternoon matinées of horrific sadism, torture and self-mutilation at the MFCC, or the Manoel Theatre.
Imagine – if you don’t already –...

Ringing in the festive season, Emirates is launching special companion fares to inspire and encourage travellers to experience Dubai and Cyprus or re-visit these favourite destinations. Emirates is also extending its great value fares in Economy...

A three-night programme to spend the New Year in Sicily (December 30 to January 2) has been set up by Touring Mediterraneo in cooperation with some of the best restaurants and trattorias, with accommodation at I Monasteri Golf Resort, a...

Simonne Pace, a guest on the MSC Preziosa on its last trip of the season, learns about the Meraviglia, the newest ship in the company’s fleet. As the name implies, this floating ‘wonder’ will be docking at the Grand Harbour every week next summer...

Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Reuters

“Sydney is a vibrant waterfront city filled with incredibly happy people,” says Brookstone CEO Thomas M. Via. “I love the ‘outside patio culture’ and everywhere you go there seems to be a view of the city, the harbour or a surf beach. Plus, you...

The Gir Forest in India is home to one of the most successful conservation programmes for lions. Kevin Galea gets up close and personal to some of them.
Conservation areas are bad for the back. The Gir Forest in Gujarat, west India is the last...

Ryanair has announced a 'massive' winter seat sale, with over 250,000 seats on 360 routes on sale from €9.99, for travel in November, December and January.
The airline said booking must be made before midnight tomorrow on the Ryanair.com website.

Kevin Galea

Holding a three-metre long Alpine Horn for more than 16 beats needs a lot of breath and great upper body strength, as well as technique.
You have to know your way around an Alpine Horn. Grip is all important. Just because you play the recorder, it...

It has become a bi-annual tradition for me to enjoy a couple of short getaway holidays swith girlfriends of mine each year, just because sometimes we need to catch up, away from our routines.
These trips offer a very good excuse to enjoy some...

Emirates notched up a momentous double-header when it introduced its flagship A380 double-decker aircraft on two New Zealand routes on the same day.
The airline’s step-up in capacity on both its Christchurch service and its non-stop Dubai-Auckland...

From a political perspective, these are certainly not the happiest of times for the people of Turkey. Tourism has taken somewhat of a hit in the past months – rather unfairly, if truth be told, given that in these dark times trouble can hit...

Seminal figures like Man Ray, André Kertész, Berenice Abbot, Alexandr Rodchenko and Edward Steichen are being included in one of the world’s greatest private collection of modernist images.
Tate Modern in London, the UK, will be opening a major...

Emirates is offering three-night packages to Dubai starting from €499.
The touring operating arm of Emirates is offering the sale on packages to Dubai, inclusive of passenger taxes.
Travellers can choose from 3, 4, and 5-star luxury hotel packages...

The regulars at the IceHotel in Jukkasajarvi, 100 miles into Swedish Lapland and 150 miles beyond the Arctic Circle, tend to be spruce business types.
Spruce trees are big business in northern Sweden and travel-ling spruce salesmen need somewhere...

Three months into our backpacking trip around South America and a depleting bank account, my travel buddy Jess and I decided to go our separate ways... her to do voluntary work in Peru and me to (more selfishly) tick the Galápagos Islands off my...

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) will next year be deploying one of its vessels back in Malta following an absence of eight years. Cruises by the newly-refurbished Norwegian Spirit will start and end in Malta.
The Norwegian Spirit offers four...

For a country that was practically closed to foreigners until as recently as five years ago, Myanmar has undergone considerable modernisation. This transformation is due solely to the stewardship of President Aung Sang Suu Kyi, whose fragile...

Have you ever found yourself in a particular place and suddenly felt completely at home? Melisande Aquilina couldn’t identify this pervading feeling at first, but when she visited the University of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England, a couple of years...

With a weekend to spare you can wander around Barcelona, see the best museums and monuments, snap a photo of the Sagrada Familia and even stroll along La Rambla to see how the city ticks. Simonne Pace says this itinerary demands a fast pace but...